The Culture Gabfest, Fine-Line Edition
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Updated Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008, at 3:59 PM ET
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics discuss the merits and frivolities of Mad Men, the odds that Tropic Thunder will revive Tom Cruise's career, and the new documentary film Man on Wire.
Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned in the show:
The official Web site for AMC's Mad Men.
Troy Patterson's Slate assessment of Mad Men's appeal.
The official Web site for Tropic Thunder.
Dana Stevens' Slate review of Tropic Thunder.
Stevens fields questions and comments from Slate's readers about the touchy issues in Tropic Thunder.
The Man on WireWeb site.
Dana Stevens' Slate review of Man on Wire.
David Edelstein's New York magazine review of Man on Wire.
The Culture Gabfest weekly endorsements:
Julia's pick: Hunter S. Thompson's classic Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72.
John's pick: Neil Diamond's latest release, Home Before Dark.
Stephen's pick: Philip Roth's novel The Human Stain.
You can reach the Culture Gabfest at culturefest@slate.com.
Posted by Amanda Aronczyk on Aug. 27, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.
Aug. 14, 2008
Listen to Culture Gabfest No. 14 with Josh Levin, Stephen Metcalf, and Dana Stevens by clicking the arrow on the audio player below:
Stephen Metcalf is Slate's critic at large. He is working on a book about the 1980s.
John Swansburg is Slate's culture editor. Before joining Slate, he was the deputy editor of the Boston Globe Ideas section and a senior editor at Legal Affairs magazine. His writing has appeared in the Globe, the New York Times, and other places.
Julia Turner is Slate's deputy editor and a regular on Slate's Culture Gabfest podcast. You can email her at juliaturneratslate@gmail.com or follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/juliaturner.
Illustration by Robert Neubecker.